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Chinese forests now just chopstick factories in waiting
The country produces 80 billion pairs of disposable chopsticks each year, and that's taking a toll on China's forests.
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Tree that survived a tsunami has been made into a monument
If a tree could have balls of steel, this one would -- but instead it now has a spine of carbon and plastic leaves and branches.
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Could melting glaciers slow down climate change?
As glaciers and ice sheets melt, they release plankton food, a new study finds -- and that could help slow the pace of global warming.
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Great green north: Climate change curtails Canadian winters
NASA scientists say Canadian winters are warming up -- a change that's "like Winnipeg, Manitoba, moving to Minneapolis-Saint Paul in only 30 years."
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One day these robotic bees might have to replace real ones
Look, they can fly!
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Interfaith CD Action at White House March 21
Palms, Matzah, Our Planet, and the White House: A Religious Call to Civil Disobedience at 12:00 Noon, Thursday, March 21st At noon on March 21st, religiously and spiritually rooted Americans of all traditions will gather at the White House for a moral act of loving nonviolent civil disobedience. This action, organized by the Interfaith Moral […]
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Tired of disposable clothing? This sweatshirt has a 10-year warranty
If it rips or tears or otherwise starts to break down -- they'll fix it for you. Because they think that "not everything should be disposable."
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Gun-toting killer dolphins are now running loose in the Black Sea
Remember how the Ukrainian Navy was supposedly strapping knives and guns to dolphins and turning them into highly skilled dolphin assassins? Well, some of those guys seem to have gotten loose.
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Commemorate this senseless traffic death with delicious cookies
Katie Fisher was 24 when she died in a car accident. That, on its own, is a sad story, but it got worse.
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Bahamas will soon be invaded by oil drills
The Bahamian government will allow exploratory oil drilling, triggering worries about the tourism and fishing industries.
